by beyondthehill45
Here is the list of the most murderers hurricanes since 1988…
- November 29, 1988 : more than 1,500 dead and thousands missing in a cyclone in Bangladesh which also affects the neighboring Indian state of West Bengal.
- 5 to 18 December 1990 : Typhoon Mike in the Philippines makes 750 dead or missing.
- April 29, 1991 : A cyclone followed by tornadoes and floods killed more than 138,000 people in Bangladesh.
- November 5, 1991 : Cyclone Thelma on the island of Leyte in the Philippines makes more than 6,000 people dead or missing.
- November 2, 1995 : Typhoon Angela makes a thousand dead and missing in the Philippines.
- June 9, 1998 : A hurricane makes over 1,000 deaths in the coastal state of Gujarat (west) in India.
- October 26 to November 5, 1998 : Hurricane Mitch makes more than 9,000 dead and 15,000 missing.
- October 29, 1999 : at least 10,000 dead and many missing after the passage of a violent hurricane Orissa (East) in India.
- 17 to 19 September 2004 : floods caused by Tropical Storm Jeanne makes 1, 870 people and 850 missing in Haiti.
- 29 to 30 August 2005 : Hurricane Katrina killed more than 1,500 people in the southern United States, especially in Louisiana and Mississippi, as well as in Florida and Alabama.
- November 15, 2007: At least 4,400 dead and millions homeless after cyclone Sidr which devastated the southern coast of Bangladesh.
I counted myself the total of dead and missing people in this list…
About 184,107….
How many more dead people governments needs to REALLY fight the climate change….
( I should note that this list is not complete at all)….
These stats are very sobering and extremely sad!
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Yes, sobering indeed. Climate change is one of those things, though, that can be conveniently denied…but for how long? …and will it be too late when realization finally dawns?
Thanks for an interesting and engaging blog! You certainly give the reader a unique perspective on the issues that define our world, and I look foward to more of these “mind-expanding” posts in the future. Bravo!
Thanks for visiting my Big Island of Hawaii News Blog. As a former broadcast journalist, I’m well aware of the tragedies you have listed. Your brief pictoral essay serves to remind us of just how precarious existence is these days. Call me a cynic, if you wish, but there are obvious solutions to many of humanity’s problems which governments seemed powerless to employ. That unwilliness to make hard, difficult decisions puts all of us on this little planet in danger. This is a wordwide problem as recent natural disasters attest. Compared to natural forces, humanity’s efforts seem puny and futile. Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. Aloha from the Big Island of Hawaii.
Hello. I am stopping by to say thank you for following my blog. It always gives me a bit of a thrill.
So, thank you.
I’ve read this sort of thing before, but you hit the mark!
I would very much like to follow this blog by email so that I am notified each time you post a new article but you don’t have any sidebars so the option doesn’t seem to be available. Is this your intention?
I’ve nominated your blog for ‘The blog of the year 2012 award.’
Such a thought provoking blog… Very well done to you – I love it. Absolutely love it.
Wow, thought provoking entry, Vincent. Thank you.
Thanks for doing what you do. You make tremendous points with your information and style. Thanks, BTG